Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita)

After Gábor Csupó dedicated his first two feature films to younger audiences, he dedicated his animated film to adults. He drew on his experience from producing such animated series as Rugrats (1991) and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994) and used animation originally aimed at children to satirize Hungarian, Russian, Mexican, and other immigrants in the USA. He takes aim at the question of the American Dream and is genuinely funny. Excellent film lines include, "The landlady is so old she was in The Birth of a Nation (1915)." (05/01/2012)